Broklyn Man Awarded $298.3 Million Powerball jackpot

New york fifty six year old david Johnson of East New York has claimed the $298.3 million jackpot for the December 26 ,2018 Powerball drawing .

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Johnson has the distinction of winning the second largest jackpot in New York Lottery History.

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The winning powerball numbers for the December 26 th drawing were 5-25-38-52-67, with powerball

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24. Johnson has opted to take the cash value of the annuitized prize, a single lump payment totaling $180,227,550.

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His net check will total $114,091,248 after required witholdings.

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Johnson was presented his winning today by Yolanda vega of the newyork lottery at resort world casino in Queens.

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Johnson said he did not realize that he won the jackpot until he was alerted by a co worker .

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I got a call that the winning ticket was sold at the store where I buy my tickets.

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I went to the store and gave the ticket to the clerk to check . he scanned it and said congratulation.

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I needed to see it for myself , so I scanned and saw it read BIG WINNER

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Since he found out he ‘d won he said it’s been an exciting time .

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